01-12-2006, 06:36 AM
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January 12th
1665 ~ Death of Pierre de Fermat, Mathematician.
1856 ~ Birthday of John Singer Sargent, Artist.
1893 ~ Birthday of Hermann Göring, Nazi official.
1970 ~ Biafra capitulated, ending the Nigerian civil war.
1976 ~ Death of Agatha Christie, Mystery Writer.
1991 ~ U.S. Congress authorized the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
1992 ~ In the film ”2001: A Space Odyssey”, the computer HAL 9000 was activated on this date.
1998 ~ EU nations agree to forbid human cloning.
2003 ~ Death of Leopoldo Galtieri, Dictator of Argentina.
2005 ~ Deep Impact launched from Cape Canaveral by a Delta 2 rocket.
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